Open AccessAssessment of scale of hazards due to pool fire for a fossil fired power plant in India
Author(s) -
Arun Kumar,
S. K. Dash,
S. K. Dhaka
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.243
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v60i2.1070
Subject(s) - noon , environmental science , plume , wind speed , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , morning , power station , sea breeze , wind direction , climatology , hydrology (agriculture) , physical geography , geology , geography , engineering , geotechnical engineering , medicine , electrical engineering
Hazards for a fossil fired power plant located at coastal Gujarat in India have been assessed. The trajectory and spread of the plume from tanks of fossil fired power plant were predicted using existing models named Carter, Mills, Briggs and Zonato during winter and summer seasons with low and high wind speeds observed in day and night hours. Results show that wide areas of habitation and human settlement to the northeast of the site may be potentially under hazards due to southwesterly and southerly winds during summer. Plume heights and widths are found high in the morning hours or late night when wind speeds are low. As wind speed increases around noon, low plume heights and widths are obtained. Length scales become low at low wind speeds and vice-versa. Lethal doses of thermal radiation beyond radial distance of 70 m are within the tolerable limit under hazardous condition.